By Chris Williams: Super middleweight prospect Daniel Jacobs (8-0, 7 KOs) once again scored a 1st round TKO, this being his 6th TKO in the first round out of seven total knockouts on his record. His latest victim, Sergio Rios (18-9, 16 KOs), was dropped to the canvas late in the round after taking a four punch combination to the head. Although the last punch that hit Rios, a powerful right hand, didn’t appear to connect cleanly, but it still had the effect of knocking Rios to the canvas as if he were ran over by a truck. Referee Raul Caiz moved in immediately and halted the fight at 2:46 of the 1st round. Whether the punch landed cleanly or not, Rios was taking severe punishment in the round from Jacobs, who was making every punch he threw count.
Using mostly hooks, Jacobs hammered Rios to the body and head steadily in the round. The shots were all thrown very hard, and Rios, who had lost eight of his last nine fights going into Wednesday’s bout with Jacobs, looked uneasy in the first few seconds of the fight after tasting a few powerful hooks from Jacobs. Every punch that Jacobs landed was a like a mini explosion going off, making a loud sound and causing Rios to take a backwards step with every blow. Rios, for his part, hardly threw anything back at all during the entire round and was mostly busy taking tremendous punishment.
By Eric Thomas: Forget all about Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler, unbeaten super middleweight Daniel Jacobs (7-0, 7 KOs) is going to be better than both of them ever hoped they could be. In fact, at 21, the former 2006 United States Amateur middleweight champion, may already be better than both of. With devastating power in either hand, Jacobs continued his forward progress on Friday evening, stopping Julio Perez (5-9-2, 4 KOs) in the 1st round of scheduled four-round bout at the Dodge Arena, in Hidalgo, Texas. Jacobs, using power punches and a steady downpour of combinations, staggered Perez several times in the first round, sending him reeling from one side of the ring to the other while taking unanswered shots to the head.